Citi Research has called an end to the supercycle for commodities but that shouldn’t come as a surprise given that it warned of a supercycle “sunset” back in March of last year. In a report dated Friday, Citi said it expects 2013 to be year in which “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted sunset.” A supercycle refers to decades-long price movements.
The commodities sector saw broad losses on Monday, with gold futures logging their biggest one-day drop since the 1980s on Monday, and oil futures finishing at their lowest settlement level of the year...............................................Full Article: Source